Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of overshoot
adjectiveovershot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)
comparative more overshot · superlative most overshot
- powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
- Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
nounovershot (plural overshots)
plural overshots
- An overshot water wheel.
- businessA pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving an upper part projecting beyond the lower
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Irish uas-scairde
- uas-scairdepowered by water that flows over the top from above
Polish nasiębierny, nadsiębierny
- nasiębiernypowered by water that flows over the top from above
- nadsiębiernypowered by water that flows over the top from above
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overshot
nothotgotlotshotScottspotdotslotplotpotwattscreenshotyachttotMontserratknotMayottemotrotcotswatapricotscot
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
overshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshot
MLA
“overshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overshot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshot.
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